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Phil Mickelson and Rafa Nadal - Nice Pipes and other Random Thoughts
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April 17, 2010
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Wedge Thoughts
This post is a little overdue, but what the heck â€" here goes. I don't know about other Yankee fans, but I was more than a little perturbed by the "managerial genius" of Cleveland Indians skipper Eric Wedge last week during the Tribe's stay in Boston. Wedge single-handedly turned a four game sweep...
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March 25, 2008
A Rough Sunday
As sports fans, we all have our favorite sports, favorite events, favorite teams and favorite athletes. When one of our beloved events is happening or one of our revered athletes is in action, it's usually a special day. For me, Sunday was one of those special days that a sports fan looks forward t...
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February 11, 2008
World Cup Thoughts - Part 2
To continue with our World Cup thoughts, let's look at some of the teams that didn't make the WC Final Four.
United States â€" The quarterfinal finish at the 2002 World Cup most likely created unrealistic expectations for the 2006 edition of the US National Team and that may explain the reaction of ...
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February 09, 2008
Sportsman of the Year and Nadal in India
Over the past couple of weeks, I've read a few articles decrying Sports Illustrated's choice for 2006 Sportsman of the Year, Dwyane Wade, rather than tennis superstar Roger Federer. While I don't disagree with the premise that Federer is a more deserving candidate based on his 2006 accomplishments, ...
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February 01, 2008
Roddick Gets a Scare
For a while last night, it looked like Andy Roddick might go down in the first round of the Australian Open, and I can't tell you how overcome with glee I was at that prospect. That result would have destroyed my men's tournament bracket on the Tennis Channel website, but so what? I won't win that ...
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January 30, 2008
World Cup Thoughts - Part 1
With the first of the World Cup semifinals taking place today (Italy vs. Germany), the time seems appropriate to comment on the tournament thus far. Let's start by reviewing the progress of the four semi-finalists.
Germany â€" It's been no secret in international soccer that the German national tea...
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January 29, 2008
Has Rafa Lost It?
I've received a few queries over the last couple of months asking if Rafael Nadal has lost his winning touch. Since reaching the Wimbledon final in early July and up until the ATP Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, Nadal had not advanced beyond the quarterfinals of any event he played and his losses ha...
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January 28, 2008
Now What?
Now that Roger Federer has managed to finally trip up Rafael Nadal on clay, the operative question becomes, what will happen at Roland Garros? Prior to last week's ATP Master Series Hamburg event, a third consecutive triumph in Paris for Rafael Nadal appeared to be a near certainty. Victories in Mo...
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January 27, 2008
Sony Ericsson Open Thoughts
A few random thoughts on the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.
Federer - Cañas
What's the deal with Roger Federer losing to Guillermo Cañas again in a Master Series event? At the time, Cañas' victory in Indian Wells appeared to be an anomaly with Federer playing poorly and looking disinterested. He ...
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January 27, 2008
Jankovic Riding High Into Roland Garros
With less than a week to go before the French Open begins in Paris, uncertainty reigns in the women's game perhaps more than ever. Over the past 30 years, tennis fans have become accustomed to a very small number of women dominating the game at any one time. Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi...
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January 27, 2008
Australian Open Preview
The first Grand Slam Event of the 2007 tennis season, the Australian Open, begins soon, and with both the Men's and Women's draws in hand, let's play the role of prognosticator and analyze the field. As we did for our US Open preview, we'll note a player's seeding in parentheses, and we'll also refe...
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January 25, 2008
US Open Preview - Mostly Men, Light On The Ladies
The US Open draw was released a few days ago and since everyone loves previews, let's take a look at the draw in detail. Where applicable, I will note a player's seeding in parentheses.
At first blush, it appears that the toughest quarter of the draw is Ivan Ljubicic's (3), with such contenders as...
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January 25, 2008
The Footwork Master
With his impressive performance in the semifinals of the ATP Master Series Rome event versus Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko has all of a sudden put himself on the radar screen as a potential winner at Roland Garros when it starts in a couple of weeks. The Russian, currently ranked number 4 in the w...
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January 25, 2008
Roland Garros - Week 1 Thoughts
American Men
The first few days of the 2007 French Open were dominated by rain and if you were an American male tennis player, you probably wished the rain had never stopped. Not a single American man was able to advance beyond the first round, including the world's number 3 player Andy Roddick, in ...
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January 25, 2008
Viva El Rey
Another clay court tournament, another victory for El Rey del Clay, Rafael Nadal - that seems to be the script these days and there doesn't appear to be anything from stopping the kid on his way to his third consecutive triumph in Paris at Roland Garros. Yesterday, Rafa earned his third consecutive ...
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January 25, 2008
US Open Week 1 Thoughts
Here are a few random thoughts on the first week of the US Open.I remain surprised at the display of nerves from the top women's players when they are in winning situations. After winning eight games in a row and going up 2-0 in the third set in her third round match, I was shocked to hear Maria Sharapova say that she didn't like it was her day on the court.While Andy Roddick...
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September 03, 2007
Federer's Quest For Perfection
At what point in an athlete's career is it appropriate to have a book written about him or her? In the case of Roger Federer, one of the world's leading tennis journalists, Rene Stauffer of Zurich's Tages-Anzeiger and Sonntags-Zeitung, wanted to write a book on the Swiss genius soon after his first Wimbledon triumph in 2003, but the player and his family decided that...
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August 20, 2007
Things Are Getting Close
All of a sudden, the Red Sox lead over the Yankees has shrunk to a measly 5 games, and the Bombers are percentage points behind Seattle for the wild card. If the Yanks form continues, it appears a near certainty that they'll make the playoffs. The question for Yankee fans will then become, can this team win the World Series for the first time since 2000?The answer is "...
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August 11, 2007
Andy Murray's Future
The 2007 Rogers Masters in Montreal saw the return of Britain's Andy Murray to the ATP Tour after being on the sidelines since May with a wrist injury, and the results were decidedly mixed. The young Scot managed to squeak out a victory versus American underachiever Robby Ginepri in the first round before being humbled by Italian qualifier Fabio Fagnini, 6-2, 6-2. Obviously...
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August 11, 2007
Wimbledon 2007 - Chasing Bjorn
Winning tennis matches often comes down to a few key moments in a contest and the player who seizes the opportunities presented in those moments emerges victorious. In Sunday's Wimbledon Men's Singles championship match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, Federer was that player and thus captured his fifth consecutive Wimbledon crown equaling the Open Era record of the...
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July 08, 2007
Wimbledon Men's Preview
The 2007 Championships at Wimbledon are upon us and the major theme of the men's event is Roger Federer's quest for a fifth consecutive title to equal the Open Era mark set by Bjorn Borg. Federer is a huge favorite to capture title number five and seemingly no one stands in his way. The Swiss' dominance on grass is well chronicled, and the lack of a competitive tune...
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June 24, 2007
French Open Rerun
It's been a few days since Rafael Nadal won his third consecutive French Open title by defeating Roger Federer in four sets, and I can't shake this feeling of deja vu. With a few exceptions, wasn't this just about the same match that we saw in 2006? That thought prompted me to go back and re-read what I wrote about the 2006 final, and I discovered that other than a...
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June 13, 2007
Federer And Nadal - History In The Making
It's a good thing I don't make a living as a prognosticator of tennis matches or else I would be living in a cardboard box next to my local subway station asking passersby if they had seen Svetlana Kuznetsova's tennis game, since she clearly misplaced it in her quarterfinal match versus Ana Invanovic. Although my recent French Open predictions were of their usual low...
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June 09, 2007
Men's Quartefinal Preview
After Monday's matches at Roland Garros, the men have reached the quarterfinal round of the French Open. Let's take a look at the match-ups from the quarters through the final on Sunday.Roger Federer (1) vs. Tommy Robredo (9)While Tommy Robredo is certainly an accomplished clay court player, he's had very little luck with Roger Federer on the surface. His career record...
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June 04, 2007
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